Some of this flaming luridness is exciting, but Rodriguez quickly becomes desperate. |
His 1950s paperback on the case was given a cover of maximum luridness. |
In any case, superficially Sirk's work has a pokerfaced luridness that has all but disappeared from our movies. |
The range is limited in its palette, an odd combination of pastel loveliness with a strange artificial luridness. |
Without soap-opera luridness or movie product-placement, it takes the listener a while to adjust to their low-impact pleasures. |
It really does take away from the potential luridness of these horror movies. |